Mao like Stalin came up to a high postion of power in the military. When the rebellions came around the offered their military experties to the rebellious people. Eventually leading the whole armies and gaining the trust and loyalties of their men. After this happened their men would follow them off a bridge, so they used these men to silence anyone who tried to stop them from taking power. That is how both men came to power.
Unlike Mao, Hitler came up in politics, but these two men did have similarities. For example, they both were incredible public speakers which made people want to follow them. They are also both soldiers, but Hitler did not become a leader of a rebellion. In both comings to power poltical enemies just kind of disappeared. Hitler's and Mao's techniques were different but they are basically the same man.
There are typical signs to the fomation of a dictatorship. The first one is usually a rebellion but in some cases are a new political party with unkown agendas. Number two is a up and coming leader's enemies start to disappear without word from them. Finally, is full takeover of the army and not letting people have any freedom or even vote. That is how most dictatorships begin.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Dmtri Mendeleev
Dmtri Ivanovich Mendeleev was born on February 7, 1834. He was born in the city of Tobolsk in Siberia. He was born with blonde hair and blue eyes. He was the youngest of 14 children. He is the son of Maria Dmitrievna Korniliev and Ivan Pavlovitch Mendeleev. His father was a director of a gymnasium, or what we would call a school, Maria decided to settle in Tobolsk because her family owned a glass making factory and offered a job managing it for a honest wage. Sometime before this Dmtri’s father died. His mother did receive a pension for educator’s family, 1000 rubbles, hardly enough for a large families like Maria’s.
He had many influences for his love of sciences. One was his sister’s, Olga, husband who was banished to Siberia for his beliefs in the Dekabrist’s group which is a group of literary men who headed a revolution in 1825. Another was the chemist of the factory and the glassblowers. Bessargin, Olga’s husband, taught Dmtri his up to date scientific theories and about basic chemistry. The glass blower, who’s name was Timofei, taught Dmtri the art behind glass blowing and about the beauty of art itself. Finally the chemists at the factory taught him the advanced workings of chemistry, along with reinforcing the chemistry already taught to him by his ssters husband Bessargin. These influences are one of the reasons that Dmtri got interested in chemistry in the first places.
They also gave him a basic understand of a couple of subjects. The first subject is the interesting subject of art which is a good thing to know and the second being that of the sciences of the world.
At this time of life Dmtri had already moved around great distances. He had also had to live through his fathers death. This child did not let trivial things like these get in the way of his dreams of greatness. He was determined of being in the field of science and wouldn’t be stopped.
He was his mother’s favorite child and she taught him, he was destined for greatness maybe even to cure a great disease. So since she had the job at the factory she started saving every penny she had for years, in hopes that her youngest son could go to college and get an advanced education. I think she wanted him to want to go to college and not just for her to want him to go. As if fate Dmtri shared his mother’s dream for him but, as her luck usual did, it ran out and her family’s factory burnt down to the ground. Maria, with extreme displeasure, was forced to spend the money on the family’s survival. Dmtri and his mother knew there was only one way for him to go to college and that was if Dmtri won a scholarship.
There was one problem with this goal and that was that Dmtri only excelled in one subject, science. The reason for this was that he believed all the other subjects were useless; he wanted to be a scientist. His mother saw this problem and tried to bite it in the butt, so to say. She told him that he must excel in all subjects to get a scholarship and become a scientist. He did so want a higher education so he started to study and did so with a great intensity. When the time came for hi exams to get into a college he would be ready.
Dmtri first passed the exams for the University in Moscow Maria and her family got up to move right along with Dmtri. It didn’t take move than two days to get ready and move. In the time of this event, there was a lot of political unrest in Moscow this made them uneasy to let anyone from outside of Moscow in their University. This was only a setback for Dmtri and his family. So they started looking for the next place to try. Then they stopped in St. Petersburg, which is the town his father taught in. It just so happened that one of his father’s friends still taught there and he help get Dmtri into the school. He did this with ease. When he was accepted everyone in his family rejoiced for they finally did it. However shortly after his mother and his sister died of turburculosis.
After this he seemed to study harder and harder. After three years of progressive studying he was bedridden with what the doctors thought was tuberculosis His fellow students and teachers tried to help him as much as possible. They took him books and homework everyday. Once again his determination was undeniable and overcame extreme conditions. Even in the nature of his condition he kept up his studies almost to a perfect tee. At the end of the year he received a great honor, this would be the medal of excellence which was given out once a year for great accomplishments. I personal think he deserved more than just a medal.
At this time Mendeleev had some great things under his belt. But this is only the beginning of this story. Dmtri’s attitude though all this pain had not ever changed even after losing his entire family.
His tuberculosis was bad and getting worse. In the effort to extend his life as long as possible he would need to change his climate to that of a warmer one. This move took him to a town called Simferopol. There he became a chief master of science of a Gymnasium. At this time he was 21 years old. Near death he worked for the vision of Russia who he thought would become better from his research. Eventually he became strong again. When this happened he went to a doctor they found no sign of tuberculosis in his system.
In 1856, a student challenged his master theory “Research and theories on expansion of substances due to heat.” After this exeperice made him see his true calling of teaching and research. He devoted his life to his work and his students; His next love was that of his country and his fellow man. The love of his work lead to the formation of the periodic table.
In 1868 Dmtri wrote the textbook Principles of Chemistry. While he was classifying the elements he noticed that they had patterns which in turn lead to the periodic table. While this was going on there was other scientists trying to accomplish what Mendeleev had done on accident. There was John Newlands who put multiple elements in a single box, which was not widely accepted because it did not leave room for new elements to be put on the table. Then Lothar Meyer was the next, his table like Newlands did not leave room for New elements. As better understanding of atomic mass was developed Mendeleev updated his table. He actually did this very frequently.
In the year of 1859 he became the Minister of Public Instruction to travel for the studying the developments of distant lands. He studied density of gases with Regnoult in Paris and worked on the spectroscope with Kirchoffin Heidelberg. The studies of surface tension led to his theory of absolute boiling points. After awhile it become known as critical temperature.
After his studies he settled down in Russia for a respectable career of teaching in St. Petersburg. In 1863 he was named Professor of Chemistry at the school that his father taught at. Then in 1866 he became a professor of chemistry at the university and was made a doctor of science for his dissertation “On the Combinations of Water with Alcohol”. His research was beneficial to Russia. He loved to teach it was his biggest passion besides science itself. For a time Mendeleev was even a traveling teacher. He enjoyed drinking tea with peasants and discussing agriculture. On trains he used to travel many would gather round him to hear lecture and talk to him. Some said that when he lectured in the lecture hall that crowd of students would make it nearly impossible to get out of.
Mendeleev also lived in a time of political unrest. Though he thought science to be most important, that particular subject leaked into the realms of politics and social in equalities.
Eventually he resign from his position in the university because of a petition to the Minister of Education. His place in politics was one of the reasons for him getting forced to resign. Mendeleev’s final lecture got the police involved from fear of a riot breaking out.
On January 20, 1907 Mendeleev left this earth. He was 73 when he died. He died a peaceful death nonetheless. Some would say he drifted into the heavens on a chariot made of knowledge. That’s how peaceful it was believed to be. Mendeleev was a great scientist and will be forever missed.
Bibliography
Books
1. D. Abbot , ed. “Mendeleev, Dimtri Ivanovich”, The Biographical Dictionary of Scientist, Peter Bedrick Books, New York, 1986.
2. A.J. hide, The Development of Modern Chemistry, Harper & Row , New York, 1964, pp.243-256
3. G.B. Kauffman, “ Mendeleev, Dimitri Invanovich” , The Electronic Encyclopedia, Grolier, New York, 1988
Websites
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Mendeleev
2. http://www.chemistry.co.nz/mendeleev.htm
Dmtri Ivanovich Mendeleev was born on February 7, 1834. He was born in the city of Tobolsk in Siberia. He was born with blonde hair and blue eyes. He was the youngest of 14 children. He is the son of Maria Dmitrievna Korniliev and Ivan Pavlovitch Mendeleev. His father was a director of a gymnasium, or what we would call a school, Maria decided to settle in Tobolsk because her family owned a glass making factory and offered a job managing it for a honest wage. Sometime before this Dmtri’s father died. His mother did receive a pension for educator’s family, 1000 rubbles, hardly enough for a large families like Maria’s.
He had many influences for his love of sciences. One was his sister’s, Olga, husband who was banished to Siberia for his beliefs in the Dekabrist’s group which is a group of literary men who headed a revolution in 1825. Another was the chemist of the factory and the glassblowers. Bessargin, Olga’s husband, taught Dmtri his up to date scientific theories and about basic chemistry. The glass blower, who’s name was Timofei, taught Dmtri the art behind glass blowing and about the beauty of art itself. Finally the chemists at the factory taught him the advanced workings of chemistry, along with reinforcing the chemistry already taught to him by his ssters husband Bessargin. These influences are one of the reasons that Dmtri got interested in chemistry in the first places.
They also gave him a basic understand of a couple of subjects. The first subject is the interesting subject of art which is a good thing to know and the second being that of the sciences of the world.
At this time of life Dmtri had already moved around great distances. He had also had to live through his fathers death. This child did not let trivial things like these get in the way of his dreams of greatness. He was determined of being in the field of science and wouldn’t be stopped.
He was his mother’s favorite child and she taught him, he was destined for greatness maybe even to cure a great disease. So since she had the job at the factory she started saving every penny she had for years, in hopes that her youngest son could go to college and get an advanced education. I think she wanted him to want to go to college and not just for her to want him to go. As if fate Dmtri shared his mother’s dream for him but, as her luck usual did, it ran out and her family’s factory burnt down to the ground. Maria, with extreme displeasure, was forced to spend the money on the family’s survival. Dmtri and his mother knew there was only one way for him to go to college and that was if Dmtri won a scholarship.
There was one problem with this goal and that was that Dmtri only excelled in one subject, science. The reason for this was that he believed all the other subjects were useless; he wanted to be a scientist. His mother saw this problem and tried to bite it in the butt, so to say. She told him that he must excel in all subjects to get a scholarship and become a scientist. He did so want a higher education so he started to study and did so with a great intensity. When the time came for hi exams to get into a college he would be ready.
Dmtri first passed the exams for the University in Moscow Maria and her family got up to move right along with Dmtri. It didn’t take move than two days to get ready and move. In the time of this event, there was a lot of political unrest in Moscow this made them uneasy to let anyone from outside of Moscow in their University. This was only a setback for Dmtri and his family. So they started looking for the next place to try. Then they stopped in St. Petersburg, which is the town his father taught in. It just so happened that one of his father’s friends still taught there and he help get Dmtri into the school. He did this with ease. When he was accepted everyone in his family rejoiced for they finally did it. However shortly after his mother and his sister died of turburculosis.
After this he seemed to study harder and harder. After three years of progressive studying he was bedridden with what the doctors thought was tuberculosis His fellow students and teachers tried to help him as much as possible. They took him books and homework everyday. Once again his determination was undeniable and overcame extreme conditions. Even in the nature of his condition he kept up his studies almost to a perfect tee. At the end of the year he received a great honor, this would be the medal of excellence which was given out once a year for great accomplishments. I personal think he deserved more than just a medal.
At this time Mendeleev had some great things under his belt. But this is only the beginning of this story. Dmtri’s attitude though all this pain had not ever changed even after losing his entire family.
His tuberculosis was bad and getting worse. In the effort to extend his life as long as possible he would need to change his climate to that of a warmer one. This move took him to a town called Simferopol. There he became a chief master of science of a Gymnasium. At this time he was 21 years old. Near death he worked for the vision of Russia who he thought would become better from his research. Eventually he became strong again. When this happened he went to a doctor they found no sign of tuberculosis in his system.
In 1856, a student challenged his master theory “Research and theories on expansion of substances due to heat.” After this exeperice made him see his true calling of teaching and research. He devoted his life to his work and his students; His next love was that of his country and his fellow man. The love of his work lead to the formation of the periodic table.
In 1868 Dmtri wrote the textbook Principles of Chemistry. While he was classifying the elements he noticed that they had patterns which in turn lead to the periodic table. While this was going on there was other scientists trying to accomplish what Mendeleev had done on accident. There was John Newlands who put multiple elements in a single box, which was not widely accepted because it did not leave room for new elements to be put on the table. Then Lothar Meyer was the next, his table like Newlands did not leave room for New elements. As better understanding of atomic mass was developed Mendeleev updated his table. He actually did this very frequently.
In the year of 1859 he became the Minister of Public Instruction to travel for the studying the developments of distant lands. He studied density of gases with Regnoult in Paris and worked on the spectroscope with Kirchoffin Heidelberg. The studies of surface tension led to his theory of absolute boiling points. After awhile it become known as critical temperature.
After his studies he settled down in Russia for a respectable career of teaching in St. Petersburg. In 1863 he was named Professor of Chemistry at the school that his father taught at. Then in 1866 he became a professor of chemistry at the university and was made a doctor of science for his dissertation “On the Combinations of Water with Alcohol”. His research was beneficial to Russia. He loved to teach it was his biggest passion besides science itself. For a time Mendeleev was even a traveling teacher. He enjoyed drinking tea with peasants and discussing agriculture. On trains he used to travel many would gather round him to hear lecture and talk to him. Some said that when he lectured in the lecture hall that crowd of students would make it nearly impossible to get out of.
Mendeleev also lived in a time of political unrest. Though he thought science to be most important, that particular subject leaked into the realms of politics and social in equalities.
Eventually he resign from his position in the university because of a petition to the Minister of Education. His place in politics was one of the reasons for him getting forced to resign. Mendeleev’s final lecture got the police involved from fear of a riot breaking out.
On January 20, 1907 Mendeleev left this earth. He was 73 when he died. He died a peaceful death nonetheless. Some would say he drifted into the heavens on a chariot made of knowledge. That’s how peaceful it was believed to be. Mendeleev was a great scientist and will be forever missed.
Bibliography
Books
1. D. Abbot , ed. “Mendeleev, Dimtri Ivanovich”, The Biographical Dictionary of Scientist, Peter Bedrick Books, New York, 1986.
2. A.J. hide, The Development of Modern Chemistry, Harper & Row , New York, 1964, pp.243-256
3. G.B. Kauffman, “ Mendeleev, Dimitri Invanovich” , The Electronic Encyclopedia, Grolier, New York, 1988
Websites
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Mendeleev
2. http://www.chemistry.co.nz/mendeleev.htm
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Exam 4, Part 2
The Nazis come into power by Hitler snake like wit. The conditions in germany in the 1930's were not very good. First off they had got out of a war that costed alot more money then they had. Second, they borrowed money from other countries, which put them in-debt. These things gave the Nazis party the perfect opportunity.
Hitler used the harsh times to make a party that would do everything the people wanted. The people wanted promises of money, world wide respect and most of all someone to blaime. Hilter and his nazis party offered the people just that. The people ate it up and as a result the nazis came into power.
The German people were blinded by the power Germany had. They also thought that the Jews did cause all the problems and when they were in the camps everything started getting better for the Germans. They were also brainwashed by Hitler to share his vision. Hitler is a very powerful speaker and could easily influence the poor people of germany to follow him.
Hitler used the harsh times to make a party that would do everything the people wanted. The people wanted promises of money, world wide respect and most of all someone to blaime. Hilter and his nazis party offered the people just that. The people ate it up and as a result the nazis came into power.
The German people were blinded by the power Germany had. They also thought that the Jews did cause all the problems and when they were in the camps everything started getting better for the Germans. They were also brainwashed by Hitler to share his vision. Hitler is a very powerful speaker and could easily influence the poor people of germany to follow him.
Exam #4, Part 1
The Russian Revolution and the French Revolutions are similar in economy, in leadership conditions, and in the results.The economy in both Russia and France were bad at the times of the revolutions. Both also had almost nothing to eat. People were starving and blaming the government. I think that they were willing to try anything or follow anyone who promised food.
In both revolutions the leader of the countries were new and inexpreniced. Some might even go as far as to say not ready for the job that was given to them. I think that as a result of their bad leadership the countries got in to debt and as a result of that their economy dropped in quality.
Also in both revolutions the countries in question tried a new form of government. Another similarity is that as a result of tring this they got dictatorships. The French Revolution had Napolean and The Russian had Stalin. Both of which slivered their way to the top. Thats how the Russian and the French Revolutions are alike.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Local History Proposal
I am going to interview my aunt and ask the reasons for why she moved from california. Also ask about her first experices. I might also interview my younger cousin about the differences between the two states.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Stalingrad
1.What does Joseph Stalin's advice to the people of Stalingrad say about him as a leader?
He has no regard for the lifes of his people. His only goal is to win.
2.Explain why Hitler would react in the way shown after signing a Non-Aggression Pact with Stalin? So he would only have to fight one front at a time.
3.Explain the significance of propaganda in this battle, using examples from the posters.
The posters show germany as a tiger, a wolf, and a snake getting stabbed with a baonett which is the main weapon of the Russians. It shows the haterd of the germans for trying to conquer russia.
4.What do the extremes of the war reveal about what it takes to win a total war?
Strategy and the will to do whatever it takes to win.
5.How does the story of Vasily Zaitsev relate to the war in Iraq?
We are fighting people who are not well equiped and really believe in what their fighting for.
6.In times of crisis, sometimes heroic figures emerge. Which figure emerged in a similar way to Vasily after the terrorist attacks of 9/11? Osama Bin Ladin because he rose up to train the Taliban soldiers.
He has no regard for the lifes of his people. His only goal is to win.
2.Explain why Hitler would react in the way shown after signing a Non-Aggression Pact with Stalin? So he would only have to fight one front at a time.
3.Explain the significance of propaganda in this battle, using examples from the posters.
The posters show germany as a tiger, a wolf, and a snake getting stabbed with a baonett which is the main weapon of the Russians. It shows the haterd of the germans for trying to conquer russia.
4.What do the extremes of the war reveal about what it takes to win a total war?
Strategy and the will to do whatever it takes to win.
5.How does the story of Vasily Zaitsev relate to the war in Iraq?
We are fighting people who are not well equiped and really believe in what their fighting for.
6.In times of crisis, sometimes heroic figures emerge. Which figure emerged in a similar way to Vasily after the terrorist attacks of 9/11? Osama Bin Ladin because he rose up to train the Taliban soldiers.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Response to Literature
I have read the book Séance by Joan Lowery Nixon. This book is about a girl named Lauren whose foster sister talks her into going with to a séance where she disappears. Then she is found dead which launches this small town in east Texas into a frenzy of rumors and lies. This is a fiction book that has taught me that people aren’t always who they seem. I think this lesson is important because even if you have known someone for a long time, you never know what they do behind closed doors.
The author used the narrator’s intelligence and paranoia to show that it could have been anyone who
killed the two girls. He also made the murderer someone the narrator knew and trusted to support this theme. Another thing is he made her an old woman who nobody would have expected. This is how the author supports his theme.
I had a friend who I thought was a cool guy, but after a while he became not such a nice guy. Then after awhile we stopped hanging out. Later that month I saw him and we got a ride to the mall from him. When we got there he and his brother jumped me and my friend Bobby. This surprised me because I thought we were friends.
Séances are the ritual communicating to spirits. The word Séance came from the French seoir which means “to sit” and is about 152 years old. Meetings called 'circles', because participants, called 'sitters', sat around a table (or on chairs arranged in a circle) in order to link hands, in the belief that this boosted the psychic forces which encourage paranormal manifestations. They are meant for people in the physical dimension to communicate with one or more of the other dimensions.
I think this theme was a believable because it is based in the real world. All of the things in this book could happen to anyone and we all should be careful of the people we meet. All the characters acted in a manner that I would have acted in, if I was in that situation.
The author used the narrator’s intelligence and paranoia to show that it could have been anyone who
killed the two girls. He also made the murderer someone the narrator knew and trusted to support this theme. Another thing is he made her an old woman who nobody would have expected. This is how the author supports his theme.I had a friend who I thought was a cool guy, but after a while he became not such a nice guy. Then after awhile we stopped hanging out. Later that month I saw him and we got a ride to the mall from him. When we got there he and his brother jumped me and my friend Bobby. This surprised me because I thought we were friends.
Séances are the ritual communicating to spirits. The word Séance came from the French seoir which means “to sit” and is about 152 years old. Meetings called 'circles', because participants, called 'sitters', sat around a table (or on chairs arranged in a circle) in order to link hands, in the belief that this boosted the psychic forces which encourage paranormal manifestations. They are meant for people in the physical dimension to communicate with one or more of the other dimensions.
I think this theme was a believable because it is based in the real world. All of the things in this book could happen to anyone and we all should be careful of the people we meet. All the characters acted in a manner that I would have acted in, if I was in that situation.
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